Earnings Take Spotlight Minus Trade Headlines

Here is a weekly recap of the S&P 500 broken down by sector (holding weightings %, YTD % and % of portfolio in top 10 holdings) followed by sector heat map as earnings take spotlight minus trade headlines. Stocks in heat map are based on the top 10 holdings of each sector ETF. Click on each picture to zoom in. Below is a summary of this week’s action on Wall Street provided by CNBC:

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The S&P 500 (SPY) climbed +1.50% this week. Sector advancers beat decliners 10 to 2 as shown below in the sector graph. Consumer discretionary (XLY), industrials (XLI) and technology (XLK) each enjoyed weekly gains of over 2%. Communication services (XLC), consumer staples (XLP), financials (XLF) and healthcare (XLV) each had gains of over 1%. Energy (XLE) and materials (XLB) each had minor gains of less than 1%. Utilities (XLU) lost 1.18% this week. Real estate (XLRE) had a small decline of less than 1%.

Earnings Take Spotlight Minus Trade Headlines

The lack of a negative headline regarding trade boosted stocks on Monday as financials (XLF) led the market higher. Investors focused their attention on the upcoming earnings season, putting the urgency of the trade war on the back burner on Tuesday. Stocks were once again pounded as additional trade headlines hit stocks on Wednesday, snapping the Dow’s 4 day winning streak. Amazon (AMZN), Facebook (FB) and Microsoft (MSFT) all rose to all time highs as technology lifted the broader market on Friday.

Key takeaways…

I took the following CNBC screenshots this week regarding earnings trends and market sentiment:

Weekly performance S&P 500 (SPY) top 10 holdings…

AAPL +1.79%

MSFT +4.22%

AMZN +5.99%

FB +2.01%

BRK.B +1.81%

JPM +2.21%

GOOG +4.27%

GOOGL +4.27%

XOM +1.19%

JNJ +0.14%

Credit: Sector Graph provided by Sector SPDR app. Sector breakdown provided by Charles Schwab. Sector heat map provided by finviz. Information Credit: News Headlines and quotes were taken from CNBC in the writing of this post.

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